When Ben Hardesty burned out as a big-city reporter, he turned to teaching, but he was not a typical college professor. He didn't care about tenure or textbooks. Instead, he gave his journalism students hands-on experience. But his final exam turned out to be a tragic mistake. Now police detective Jo Ferris must discover whether the test was just an unfortunate accident or whether ugly undercurrents of race and greed at a state university prompted a cold, calculated murder.

When Ben Hardesty burned out as a big-city reporter, he turned to teaching, but he was not a typical college professor. He didn't care about tenure or textbooks. Instead, he gave his journalism students hands-on experience. But his final exam turned out to be a tragic mistake.Now police detective Jo Ferris must discover whether the test was just an unfortunate accident or whether ugly undercurrents of race and greed at a state university prompted a cold, calculated murder.

It was a typical Saturday night in the hospital emergency room - kids with broken bones, drunks with broken noses and battered wives with broken dreams. Then a grief-stricken father takes after the town's leading obstetrician, and suddenly police Detective Jo Ferris and the hospital are teetering on the edge of a gut-wrenching decision: Is this a spur-of-the-moment attack of despair, or is something uglier lurking beneath it?

It was a typical Saturday night in the hospital emergency room - kids with broken bones, drunks with broken noses and battered wives with broken dreams. Then a grief-stricken father takes after the town's leading obstetrician, and suddenly police Detective Jo Ferris and the hospital are teetering on the edge of a gut-wrenching decision: Is this a spur-of-the-moment attack of despair, or is something uglier lurking beneath it?

Jo Ferris is a small-town cop dealing with small-town crime and a recently widowed mother. It isn't the way she pictured her future when she was growing up, but it's steady work and it has its small rewards. Then one night, someone puts a bullet in her police chief's head and Jo's small town is suddenly big news. The investigation into his murder turns up the sins of the past as well as the present, and in the end, brings Jo face to face with a ruthless killer

Jo Ferris is a small-town cop dealing with small-town crime and a recently widowed mother. It isn't the way she pictured her future when she was growing up, but it's steady work and it has its small rewards. Then one night, someone puts a bullet in her police chief's head and Jo's small town is suddenly big news. The investigation into his murder turns up the sins of the past as well as the present, and in the end, brings Jo face to face with a ruthless killer

It was the perfect day for an auction. The weather was clear, the bidding was low, and the ruby red vase on the auction block was flawless.
Police Detective Jo Ferris figured it was a steal.
She just didn't count on the skeleton in the closet.
Now Jo must dig back 30 years to find a killer- and in the process, discovers that the business of buying and selling antiques can be downright murderous.

It was the perfect day for an auction. The weather was clear, the bidding was low, and the ruby red vase on the auction block was flawless.
Police Detective Jo Ferris figured it was a steal.
She just didn't count on the skeleton in the closet.
Now Jo must dig back 30 years to find a killer- and in the process, discovers that the business of buying and selling antiques can be downright murderous.